Average Rating: 4.06 Rating Variance: 0.38 Objectivity Score: 54% (Somewhat Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name2023 Silent Planet Superbloom4.5Spiritbox The Fear of Fear3.52022 Norma Jean Deathrattle Sing for Me5.02021 Converge Bloodmoon: I4.5Mastodon Hushed and Grim3.0I dig a handful of the tracks here but it definitely could have used a trim. No reason for this thing to be as long as it is. I keep seeing comparisons to Crack the Skye but this is nowhere near as captivating throughout like CTS is. Hopefully some of it will grow on me like Emperor did.Every Time I Die Radical4.5John Carpenter Halloween Kills4.0Knocked Loose A Tear in the Fabric of Life5.0Creeping Death The Edge Of Existence3.5Frontierer Oxidized4.52020 Blood From The Soul DSM-54.0Pig Destroyer The Octagonal Stairway2.5Glad I didn't spend the money to pre-order this like I originally wanted to. The first three songs are pretty rad but after that it becomes borderline unlistenable. I like noisy music as much as the next grindcore fan but it's hard to anyone sitting down listening to the latter half of this release and thinking "Oh yeah, that's the good stuff". Pressure Cracks This Is Called Survival4.0Poppy I Disagree4.02019 Spaceslug Reign Of The Orion4.0Left Behind No One Goes To Heaven4.0Stray from the Path Internal Atomics3.5Stake Critical Method4.5This is one of the more original albums I've heard this year. I wasn't just impressed by the artistry on it, I was legitimately entertained throughout. Definitely worth a listen if you're into this kind of music. Norma Jean All Hail5.0The riffs here are absolutely massive. You never feel like they are just going into a breakdown or heavy section because it is expected, it all just flows together so well. Cory?s vocals are the best they have ever been, particularly on the last couple of tracks... and they have always been pretty good. Absolutely stellar from front to back. Bayside Interrobang4.0Seizures Reverie of the Revolving Diamond4.5Boris Love and Evol3.5Gilla Band The Talkies3.5Cult of Luna A Dawn to Fear4.0Hesitation Wounds (LA) Chicanery4.0Wish this were getting more attention. These guys put a lot of raw energy into their music. Excellent stuff. Knocked Loose A Different Shade of Blue4.0Those of you who are saying all the songs sound the same... give it a couple more spins. Many of the tracks really stand out on second and third listens. I think because of how abrasive and angry it is throughout it all kind of runs together on first listen. It's no game changer but it's a pretty solid hardcore album, it hits hard. Forget Your Name is a standout track for me, as it has Keith Buckley of ETiD on the breakdown section and he nails it. Good stuff. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Infest the Rats' Nest4.0Touche Amore Dead Horse X5.0August Burns Red Constellations (Remixed)4.5Fury (USA) Failed Entertainment4.0This album rules. Been listening to it all weekend since it dropped. Hits pretty hard. 2018 Cult Leader A Patient Man4.0Drug Church CHEER4.0All Get Out No Bouquet3.5All Get Out aren't doing anything revolutionary in their genre- they never really have - but each album there are always at least 5-6 songs that I really enjoy, and the same goes here. High on Fire Electric Messiah4.0Solid as always. Pike and Co. don't know how to make bad tunes. Fucked Up Dose Your Dreams4.5This is surprisingly satisfying. The way FU are able to juggle genres so flawlessly on this album blew me away. Skeletonwitch Devouring Radiant Light4.0Birds in Row We Already Lost the World4.0Converge Beautiful Ruin4.0I loved the sound and fury of the heavier songs on The Dusk in Us like Broken by Light and Cannibals, and these songs definitely have that feel. Melancholia is such a rad track. The Armed Only Love5.0Palm Reader Braille5.0Whoa, this is great!! Now THIS is how you make a good metalcore album in 2018. Underoath Erase Me2.5The Republic of Wolves shrine5.0Preoccupations New Material3.5Greyhaven Empty Black3.5Judas Priest Firepower3.5Rolo Tomassi Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It4.5Turnstile Time and Space4.0Senses Fail If There Is Light, It Will Find You2.5Car Seat Headrest Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)4.0Harm's Way (USA-IL) Posthuman3.52017 Converge The Dusk in Us4.5The National Sleep Well Beast3.5Grizzly Bear Painted Ruins3.5Brand New Science Fiction5.0Converge I Can Tell You About Pain4.0Nine Inch Nails Add Violence3.0Maybe this will grow on me, but after the first listen I'm not all that impressed. I loved Not the Actual Events, and I was hoping this would continue that sound instead of sounding like a bunch of b-sides or interludes from The Fragile. Not Anymore and This Isn't the Place are great tracks though. Fleet Foxes Crack-Up4.0Radiohead OKNOTOK 1997-20175.0Father John Misty Pure Comedy3.5IDLES Brutalism4.0Converge Jane Live4.5Super Snake Leap of Love4.0Code Orange Forever3.52016 Childish Gambino "Awaken, My Love!"4.0Every Time I Die Low Teens5.0This is like New Junk Aesthetic fused with From Parts Unknown, and it may end up being tied with those two albums for my favorite ETiD record. They blew my expectations out of the water with this one. "Map Change" is not only one of the best songs they've ever written, but may end up being my favorite song released this year. Trap Them Crown Feral4.0These guys always deliver. So satisfyingly heavy. Touche Amore Stage Four4.0No other album this year has given me goosebumps like this one has. The guitar melodies are especially wonderful, but the sincerity and delivery of the lyrics are the icing on the cake. Norma Jean Polar Similar4.5Harm Wulf Hijrah4.0Meek Is Murder Was3.5It's nothing particularly special but it's fast, angry and satisfying.Nails You Will Never Be One of Us4.5Converge You Fail Me Redux5.0Thrice To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere3.0Full of Hell Amber Mote In The Black Vault3.52015 Gilla Band Holding Hands With Jamie3.5The Armed Untitled5.0Metz Metz II4.52013 Norma Jean Wrongdoers5.0Swain Howl4.02012 Converge All We Love We Leave Behind5.0Sleigh Bells Reign of Terror3.52011 Harm's Way (USA-IL) Isolation3.5Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues4.52010 Norma Jean Meridional4.02008 Underoath Lost in the Sound of Separation4.52006 Norma Jean Redeemer5.01993 Melvins Houdini4.0
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